Roman Iconography

Mosaicos romanos com motivos aquáticos em Portugal

by Cátia Mourão

Published in O mosaico romano nos centros e nas periferias: originalidades, influências e identidades - Actas do Xº Colóquio Internacional da AIEMA, 28 de Outubro a 2 de Novembro de 2005, Museu Monográfico de Conimbriga, Conimbriga, 2005-2011, pp. 343-351.

PORTUGUÊS:
O presente texto decorre da nossa participação no Xº Colóquio Internacional da AIEMA, que teve lugar... more PORTUGUÊS:
O presente texto decorre da nossa participação no Xº Colóquio Internacional da AIEMA, que teve lugar no Museu Monográfico de Conimbriga em 2005, e refere-se aos mosaicos romanos com motivos aquáticos encontrados no actual território português até então, datáveis de finais do século II d.C. até meados do século VI d.C.

ENGLISH:
This text results from our participation in the Xth AIEMA International Colloquium, that took place at Conimbriga's Monographic Museum in 2005, and focuses on the roman mosaics found in the Portuguese territory until then, dating from late 2nd century A.D. to middle 6th century A.D.

Motivos aquáticos em mosaicos antigos de Portugal - Decorativismo e Simbolismo

by Cátia Mourão

Published in magazine Revista de História da Arte, nr. 6 – Actas do I Ciclo de Palestras Internacional sobre “Arquitectura, Mosaicos e Sociedade da Antiguidade Tardia e Bizantina a Ocidente e Oriente. Estudos e Planos de Salvaguarda”, 11 a 13 de Julho de 2008, Instituto de História da Arte da FCSH/UNL, Lisboa, 2008, pp. 114-131.

PORTUGUÊS:
Neste breve texto da comunicação apresentada na Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, a 11 de Julho de 2008,... more PORTUGUÊS:
Neste breve texto da comunicação apresentada na Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, a 11 de Julho de 2008, no âmbito do I Ciclo Internacional de Palestras promovido pela APECMA – Associação Portuguesa para o Estudo e Conservação do Mosaico Antigo e IHA, Instituto de História da Arte, UNL, versamos sobre a ideografia das águas em mosaicos elaborados no espaço do actual território português (correspondente a parte das Províncias romanas da Lusitânia e da Galécia) e destacamos as dimensões decorativas e simbólicas que os motivos ictiográficos assumem nos conjuntos mais significativos.

ENGLISH:
In this brief communication presented at the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, on 11 July 2008, during the First International Cycle of Speeches promoted by APECMA – Portuguese Association for the Study and Conservation of Antique Mosaics, we focus on the ideography of waters in mosaics produced in Portuguese territory (corresponding to a part of Roman Lusitania and Galæcia) and we highlight the decorative and symbolic dimensions assumed by ictiographic motifs in the most relevant examples.

The reverse types from the local mint of Viminacium. An iconographic analysis

by Lajos Juhasz

Numizmatikai Közlöny 108-109 (2009-2010)

Reviews: "La Lupa Capitolina" and "Die römische Wölfin / The Lupa Romana"

by Mika Rissanen

published in Arctos 45 (2011), 281-285

In 2006, the Italian art historian Anna Maria Carruba challenged the traditional dating of the Capitoline Wolf,... more In 2006, the Italian art historian Anna Maria Carruba challenged the traditional dating of the Capitoline Wolf, claiming the bronze statue to be medieval.
Recent books "La Lupa Capitolina" (Roma 2010) and "Die römische Wölfin / The Lupa Romana" (Stuttgart 2011) discuss the dating and the historical context of the Lupa from various points of view.
No final answer of the dating can be given, but the books give a great example of a fruitful interdisciplinary discussion, being a solid base for further interpretations of the enchanting icon of Rome.

Review: Cristina Mazzoni, "She-Wolf. The Story of a Roman Icon"

by Mika Rissanen

published in Arctos 45 (2011), 245-246

Professor Cristina Mazzoni of the University of Vermont has written the first comprehensive study of the Roman... more Professor Cristina Mazzoni of the University of Vermont has written the first comprehensive study of the Roman she-wolf. This is a wide-ranging book in which this author illustrates various roles of the she-wolf by analyzing paintings, statues, maps, poetry, fiction, and historical narrative from antiquity to contemporary times.
"She-Wolf. The Story of a Roman Icon" is a vividly written book, which skillfully combines diverse sources and standpoints into a coherent and readable study. The black-and-white photographs, some of which were taken by the author herself, support the text and illustrate the diversity of the visual representations of the she-wolf across the centuries.

Review of: P. Schollmeyer, Einführung in die antike Ikonographie (Darmstadt 2012)

by Alexander Heinemann

in: Göttinger Forum für Altertumswissenschaft 14, 2011, 1177-1186

La producción tarraconense de lastras Campana

by Jordi López Vilar

Co-authored with Lluis Piñol and Víctor Revilla, published in Butlletí Arqueològic, 32 (2010)

In 1991 a collection of architectural terracotta from the Roman villa of El Vilarenc came to light, as well as a few... more In 1991 a collection of architectural terracotta from the Roman villa of El Vilarenc came to light, as well as a few others from Tarraco. They were identified as Campana lastra. Five years later, six more examples were discovered during the excavation of the Plaça de la Font in Tarragona. The collection now consists of 14/15 pieces with four different inconographic motifs: “Women flanking a candelabrum”, “Theseus recognised by his father”, “The adorning of a Hermes” and “Palaestra portico scene!”. Ther interest lies in the following factors: their absolute exceptionality (They are extremely rare outside of Italy), their geographical concentration in the capital and its territory, and their precise chronological and cultural ascription. Archaeometric analyses have revealed a Latian origin for one and a local manufacture for the rest. This fact allows us to propose the subject of the adoption of iconographic models from the capital (Rome) in post-Augustan Tarraco.

Beinschnitzereien und Vorbilder: Die Problematik einer Luna-Darstellung

by Dávid Bartus

In: Bíró, Sz. (ed.): Ex Officina. Studia in honorem Dénes Gabler. Győr 2009, 43-48.

The iconography of the waiting servants depicted on funerary reliefs from Roman Dacia

by Silvia Mustață

Co-authored with Dávid Petruţ, published in Revista Bistriţei, XXIV, 2010, 171-202

Le semainier gallo-romain d’Arlon: nouvelles analyses et interprétations amenant à l’identification de Saturne

by David Colling

Published in "Bulletin trimestriel de l'Institut Archéologique du Luxembourg', 84, 2008, p. 57-63

Les soldats belges dans la Ville de Rome à l'époque impériale

by David Colling

Published in 'L'Antiquité Classique', 79, 2010, p. 213-240.

L’étude de l’intégration des soldats originaires de Gallia Belgica au sein de l’Vrbs est abordée sur base des... more L’étude de l’intégration des soldats originaires de Gallia Belgica au sein de l’Vrbs est abordée sur base des ressources épigraphiques. L’article propose l’édition, la traduction française et l’analyse des inscriptions des six soldats belges connus (quatre prétoriens et deux equites singulares Augusti) ayant servi dans la garnison de Rome durant l’époque impériale. Les informations fournies, notamment par l’onomastique et la mention des noms des divinités, apportent une contribution à l’étude du processus complexe de romanisation. Favorisées par la notion institutionnalisée de communis patria, les traditions et cultures provinciales entrecroisent le mode de vie de la capitale de l’Empire dans une subtile alchimie révélée par l’épigraphie.

The study of the integration to the Vrbs of the soldiers coming from Gallia Belgica is based on epigraphic sources. The article offers the transcription, the French translation and the analysis of the inscriptions of the six known Belgian soldiers (four praetorians and two equites singulares Augusti) who served in the Roman garrison during the Imperial period. The onomastics and the mention of the names of the divinities provide information which makes its contribution to the study of the complex Romanization process. Favoured by the institutionalized notion of communis patria, the provincial traditions and cultures are intertwined with the way of life of the Imperial capital in a subtle alchemy revealed by the epigraphy.

Le "pilier à la danseuse" autrefois emmuré dans la deuxième église Saint-Martin

by David Colling

Co-authored with Jean-Claude Muller
Bulletin trimestriel de l'Institut Archéologique du Luxembourg, 2008

Nouveau regard sur le "monstre marin" gallo-romain d'Arlon : un exemple de Capricorne ?

by David Colling

Co-authored with Laetitia Zeippen
Publisched in Bulletin trimestriel de l'Institut Archéologique du Luxembourg, 2009

Mito e memoria nella Sicilia romana: una nota sul sarcofago di Icaro

by Fabio Caruso

in F. D'Andria, D. Malfitana, N. Masini, G. Scardozzi (a cura di), Il dialogo dei Saperi. Metodologie integrate per i Beni Culturali, tomo I, Napoli 2010, pp. 267-279.

Pastori criofori e pastore-filosofo nell'ipogeo degli Aureli

by Aurélien Caillaud

Contribution à la monographie sur l'Hypogée des Aurelii (Viale Manzoni, Rome) : L'Ipogeo degli Aureli in Viale Manzoni. Restauri, tutela, valorizzazione e aggiornamenti interpretativi, sous la direction de F. Bisconti, Cité du Vatican, juin 2011, pp. 213-222.

La stele di Mereto di Tomba

by Luca Mor

in Gli Echi della Terra. Cultura celtica in Friuli: dati materiali e momenti dell’immaginario, cat. exib. edited by Accademia “Jaufré Rudel” di Studi Medievali (Gorizia, 25 May - 27 October 2002), Istituti Editoriali e Poligrafici Internazionali, Pisa-Roma 2002, pp. 18-19
ISBN: 8842703168

Il sarcofago di S. Agata

by Francesca Buscemi

in Archivio Storico per la Sicilia orientale, a. XCV, 1999, fascc. I-III, pp. 125-146.

"Circulation des images : place, fonction et interprétation des thèmes iconographiques dans la peinture en Gaule romaine"», dans Décor et architecture en Gaule entre l’Antiquité et le haut Moyen Âge (C. Balmelle, H. Eristov, F. Monier dir.), Pessac, 2011, p.345-357.

by Alexandra Dardenay

Archaeology and the assiduous work of the Centre d’Etude des Peintures murales Romaines (CEPMR) now make it possible... more Archaeology and the assiduous work of the Centre d’Etude des Peintures murales Romaines (CEPMR) now make it possible to consider a paper on the theme of the place of figurative scenes in Gallo-Roman wall-painting. We propose here a synchronic study of the corpus by first looking at the works in their architectural context : was there an appropriate setting for the themes shown decorated sites? Then we narrow the scope of the analysis by considering the place of the scene depicted, not only within the building but within the wall itself. The figurative scenes form an eclectic corpus : megalographia; pictures, friezes, etc…Did the painted wall – which, as we know, had a standardised organization – offer in its structure a privileged association between certain areas of scenery and some types of compositions ? Finally, using the preserved material, a brief chronological summary considers a diachronic analysis of the evolution of the stage setting of the themes listed in the Gallo-Roman painting.

« Formation et interprétation d’un schéma iconographique. Le cas des images figurant Mars et Rhéa Silvia », dans Atti del X Congresso internazionale dell'AIPMA. Napoli, 17-21 settembre 2007. Naples, 2010, p.241-253.

by Alexandra Dardenay

« La diffusion des mythes fondateurs de Rome dans la peinture murale et la mosaïque antique », dans Circulación de temas y sistemas decorativos en la pintura mural antigua, Actas del IX Congreso internacional de l’AIPMA, (C. Guiral Pelegrin dir.), Saragosse, 2007, p. 41-48.

by Alexandra Dardenay